2013 HANP Case Conference Bios

Lisa Amerine, ND, DHANP received her Naturopathic medical degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2004. She is the founder and owner of a private clinic, purehomeopathy, located in Lafayette, Colorado. Dr. Amerine uses her expertise in homeopathy nearly exclusively in her private practice. Dr. Amerine is a Diplomat of the Homeopathic and Naturopathic Physicians. She serves on the HANP board as well as the House of Delegates in the AANP. She has had the privilege of lecturing across North America to the general lay public as well as to other world experts in homeopathy. Dr. Amerine is honored to be part of the International Materia Medica Pura Project where she is one of the co-authors of a large scale updated materia medica and repertory reference.

Doug Brown, NP, CCH worked as a sociologist with Cornell University’s American Indian Studies Program before resolving to gain more practical skills as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Yale University. After more than a decade providing primary care, mostly to underserved populations, he became dissatisfied with the medical model and searched for a healing modality that recognized the intrinsic connectedness of mind and body. When he witnessed a miracle of healing by homeopathy, he was led to the Hahnemann College, and later to studies with Sankaran, Chaabra, Scholten, and other masters. He has taught extensively for the American College of Homeopathic Medicine in Phoenix, AZ, and the Seattle School of Homeopathy. He currently teaches advanced clinical courses in Portland, serves on the Board of Directors for A Promise of Health, and contributes occasional articles to Interhomeopathy, Hpathy, Homeopathic Links, and the Journal of the American Society of Homeopaths. He has contributed trituration provings of the Andean Condor and Tuna. His website is homeopathichealing.org.

Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND graduated as a chiropractor in 1980 and as an ND in 1984. He graduated with a specialty in homeopathy from the Canadian Academy for Homeopathy, and subsequently lectured there for two years. He also lectured in homeopathy for several years at CCNM; for eight years at the Toronto School of Homeopathic Medicine; and for two years at the British Institute for Homeopathy. Dr. Kellerstein’s mission is the exploration of natural medicine in a holistic context, especially homeopathy and facilitating the experience of healing in clients. Dr. Kellerstein is presently teaching a post-grad course in Hahnemannian prescribing with Dr. Andre Saine. Its mission is to promote excellence in the basics of homeopathic prescribing; case taking; repertory; Organon as applied to real-life practice; and case analysis skills via modeling the masters. The course runs for three years; distance learning is available. Students can preceptor in Dr. Kellerstein’s clinic, and mentoring is available. For more information about the class, visit homeopathybythebook.com; or more about Dr. K, visit www.DrJoeND.com.

Brad S Lichtenstein, ND, BCB is an Associate and Clinical Professor at Bastyr University where he is currently the Chair of the Homeopathic Medicine Department in the school of Naturopathic Medicine. The primary focus of Dr. Lichtenstein’s work is cultivating psycho-emotional-spiritual health in the midst of living with a chronic, life-challenging illness. For over 6 years he supervised the Immune Wellness Clinic, a specialty clinic for those living with HIV and AIDS at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health and more recently, he was the head of MindBody Medicine at Bastyr Integrated Oncology Research Center (BIORC). One the most profound experiences of his career was his involvement in a joint research study between Bastyr University and University of Washington examining the impact of meditation on end-of-life care and quality of death, including guiding hospice patients in biweekly-guided meditation sessions.

Les Moore, ND, DHANP, LAc., practices in Pittsford, New York. He spent twelve years serving as the director of integrative medicine at Clifton Springs Hospital, built as a homeopathic and water cure sanitarium in 1850. Prior to that he was the founding practitioner in the Integrative Complementary Medicine program at FF Thompson Hospital and was the director of the Finger Lakes Center for Natural Health. He has served as a board member of the Board of Professional Medical Conduct, NYS Department of Health since 2005. He is the director of the American Academy of Homeopathy, located in the greater Rochester, NY area.

Will Taylor, MD is a world-renowned expert in homeopathic medicine. He continues to refine his practice of homeopathy and attributes influences of “old masters of the tradition, contemplation of success and failures in his own practice and a synthesis of contemporary teachers” to his evolving study. He has successfully treated a variety of conditions, from pediatric ear infections to autoimmune diseases to mental/emotional anguishes, using homeopathic remedies.Dr. Taylor has presented at numerous conferences, including events sponsored by North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH), the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, as well as conferences in Germany and Bulgaria. He teaches the postgraduate program of the Czech Homeopathic Medical Society, and has published several articles in American Homeopath, Simillimum and the Czech journal Homeopathické Listy.